I spent my day drafting bills and a prayer.

There were 1,684 bill requests as of Friday. That’s an average of 9 per legislator.

I was above that mark before today.

My three additional requests deal with economic development and custody and visitation rights for blind parents.

Speaker Busch asked me to give the prayer for the Opening Day of the session on Wednesday.

My prayer draws upon the prophet Isaiah, Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, Emma Lazarus’ poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty, and Republican Jack Kemp.

Ecumenical to say the least.

But I don’t share my drafts in advance – be they bills or a prayer.